How to Prevent a Foodborne Illness Outbreak Throughout the Supply Chain

January 23, 2024 AIB International

After several years of decline, foodborne illness outbreak rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels. Now, an estimated 48 million Americans are infected with foodborne pathogens each year, with an average of 3,000 dying. These illnesses are caused by everything from contaminated agricultural products to protocol breaches by frontline workers at food processing plants. 

How the FDA Uses Traceback to Respond to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

July 20, 2023 FDA

Every year the FDA responds to dozens of foodborne outbreaks, but what does that mean? What are the steps the FDA and other public health agencies take to determine the source of a foodborne illness outbreak and protect public health? 

Climate Change Projected to Increase Costs of U.S. Vibrio Infections

July 3, 2023 USDA ERS

Climate change is expected to expand the range and season of Vibrio infections as sea surface temperatures become warmer. There is evidence this already may be happening. In 2004, a Vibrio outbreak occurred in Alaska, more than 600 miles north of any previously recorded. Once rare in Oregon and Washington, infections now regularly occur there.

FDA Releases 2017-2018 Report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Fast Food and Full-service Restaurants

June 20, 2023 FDA

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Fast Food and Full-service Restaurants. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than half of foodborne illness outbreaks that occur each year are associated with food from restaurants.

Release of Annual Report for 2020 on the Sources of Foodborne Illness by the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration

November 8, 2022 FDA

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration’s (IFSAC) newest annual report , “Foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2020 for Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157, and Listeria monocytogenes using multi-year outbreak surveillance data, United States,” is now available.